[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-44":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2338507,4572,"Chapter 44","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>The return journey was smooth, arriving at Stormhold in just over an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gervas and the others prepared to return to the castle, the ground suddenly trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the night sky toward the southern Death Mountains, strange colored lights flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this is the gods’ wrath descending!” The guards and servants turned pale with fear and hurriedly bowed southward in prayer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gervas knew it was merely the earthquake mentioned in the intelligence, and those lights were earthquake luminescence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the timely appearance of this earthquake meant the Spirit Spring of Swan Lake was secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord Earl, we’ve searched thoroughly—besides the bodies of the Wolf Brothers, we found no trace of the woman or her daughter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, how could this happen? Search everywhere! Turn every stone until you find them! I want to see who dares oppose me, Farrio!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earl Farrio flew into a rage—not only because Rose was gone, but because the Wolf Boss was a Bronze Knight he had invested great effort into cultivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He died pointlessly in the wilderness, and Farrio would find the audacious killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But finding clues was never easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gervas left, he had already ordered his men to sweep away all traces on the ground with branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night passed without incident; morning arrived on the second day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another day of waking naturally after a good sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily intelligence has refreshed…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: Farrio Earl has learned of the Wolf Boss’s death and Rose and her daughter’s rescue. In a furious rage, he is now scouring the border regions for the killer—this morning, one of his search parties will arrive at Stormhold!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Two: Last night’s earthquake in the Death Mountains widened the already loosened spring source by twentyfold, accidentally connecting with a subterranean Earth Vein branch, forming a spring rich in elemental energy and magic.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Three: The colorful-winged swan that left Swan Lake last time never found a suitable habitat; this morning, while foraging, it sensed the dense elemental and magical aura of Swan Lake and will attempt to make it its new home.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Four: If undisturbed for three days, they will permanently settle and breed here.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Five: A second-rank beast wolf, driven from its pack, has wandered to the eastern edge of Stormhold to forage; too close to Seashore Village, it will cause two villagers’ deaths this afternoon.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Six: If dealt with early, this disaster can be avoided; moreover, this second-rank beast wolf is a rare low-rank beast possessing a magic crystal.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Seven: A week ago, a caravan departing from Iron Wolf City, bound for the Chaos Wastes, was ambushed on the road between Viscount Beckert and Baron Cain!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Eight: The caravan belonged to the Quicke Earl family, registered for trade in grain, herbs, and ore.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Nine: The Quicke Earl family has offered fifty gold coins for the recovery of the stolen goods.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Ten: This exorbitant reward has drawn much attention, but with no leads, the goods remain missing—some suspect the bandits and cargo have left the kingdom’s borders.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Eleven: But the goods never left—they were hidden in a cave on the border of Viscount Beckert’s territory.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twelve: The cargo was so unexpected the bandits didn’t know how to sell it—among it was fifty grams of mithril.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Thirteen: Mithril, a metal ten times more valuable than gold—fifty grams alone are worth at least five hundred gold coins.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Fourteen: Hidden in a ravine southeast of your Stormhold lies a hunter village of eighty people, comprising over a dozen hunter families.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Fifteen: They migrated from the Chaos Wastes over a decade ago; too secluded to be discovered by Stormhold’s former lords, they’ve evaded much taxation.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Sixteen: At noon today, these hunters will disguise themselves as common serfs and travel to Baron Cain’s territory to trade furs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Seventeen: To avoid suspicion, they will secretly request a private transaction with the Tulip Caravan.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Eighteen: This evening, an injured minstrel will arrive in Wheatfield Town—but his true identity is a third-rank wizard apprentice, one step away from becoming a full wizard.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Nineteen: Unfortunately, his master, though outwardly pious, is a dark wizard who trains apprentices solely as test subjects.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty: After witnessing his fellow apprentices used as guinea pigs, he fled.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-One: But his master implanted a delayed toxin in him; without the antidote for several days, the poison has begun corroding his body.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Two: If not cured before nightfall, he will die.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Three: Only a unicorn’s blood can neutralize the toxin.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Four: Ten li to the left of the peak where you obtained snow lotus seeds yesterday lies a valley with vast patches of charred earth—evidence of a fierce battle.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Five: Among the ruins lie three pieces of golden soft scales from a dragon’s neck.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Six: Dragon scales are the most coveted material for knightly armor—tough and highly resistant to magic.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Seven: Dragon soft scales are far rarer than ordinary scales, as each dragon possesses only three to five, protecting its most vital throat region.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Twenty-Eight: Soft scales are never shed unless the dragon is mortally wounded—hence their name, “reverse scales.”】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Today’s intelligence update complete…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy shit! Gervas exclaimed, “Holy shit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s intelligence was one explosive revelation after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mithril!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard apprentice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon soft scales!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any one of these would be a major event in another baron’s domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, they’ve all piled up together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the chime of bells, Maid Carolin entered to assist with dressing and washing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After smoothing every fold of Gervas’s clothing, Maid Carolin assumed her customary posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord, punish me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves surged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As yesterday, just one slap—though this time it lingered three or five seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the punishment ended, Maid Carolin bowed and exited the bedroom, carrying the bronze basin and towel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Gervas felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait… hasn’t the three-day punishment period already ended?” Gervas realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he’d already struck her, and she’d volunteered—so he decided to pretend he didn’t notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn’t know was that after leaving the bedroom, Maid Carolin’s previously calm face flushed crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have I become too shameless…?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4ef7f53dc794d9d52f863ee76ad44c42cdea336c375255d5a98803ffad8ccc0c","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-45","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-43",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]